Yew Tree Farm and horses in the park!

Our usual weekly pattern tends to include a trip to Yew Tree Farm shop on a Thursday, with more of an emphasis on lingering around the animals than on the actual shop :) When we first arrived this week, Isaiah had fun running up and down the mound of stones in the car park, being king of the castle and watching the ducks from up high while I fed Jeremy. He didn't find the sheep very interesting this time, and the hens were nowhere to be seen as has been the case for the last year or so (!), so he then ran round to the donkeys, with me in hot pursuit clutching Jeremy! We watched and interracted with the donkeys for a good 45 minutes; they were quite sociable with us and Jeremy was at just the right height for a good look at them, facing out in the sling - he was fixated!

Isaiah was a bit unsure when one of them cranked up a reel of really loud "EYORE"s, but was enjoying it by the end of the rendition! We observed the younger, darker one having some 'mummy milk', which came to a prompt close when the mum had obviously had enough of him there and bit him on the head! Then he lay down and rolled around on the ground and a little goat came bounding up bleeting hello to us :) The last couple of times we've been we've been able to go in the sheds and have a look at the baby turkeys growing for Christmas.. but they weren't there to see this week. When we first saw them and I explained to Isaiah why they were there he said, "but they probably don't want to be eaten".. I had to agree!

We've also been back to Calderstones again a couple of times since my last post. The most noteworthy discovery of these visits is definitely that there is a field of horses there that I never knew about! I'm really surprised it doesn't seem to be common knowledge! It is kind of tucked away but very accessible. We had a lovely hour or so sitting right up next to them just on the other side of the fence. There were two white horses just grazing, so peacefully. It felt really special sharing the space with them and just quietly watching them be, with noone else around. Isaiah wanted to climb through and join them but was thankfully content not to! We visited the stables afterwards too :)